Matthias Scherz
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Matthias Scherz is a German former football
player.
. His first two years in Hamburg
he was member of their amateur team. During the 1996/1997 season he reached his goal to play in a first squad in the 1. Bundesliga
. After the club relegated to 2. Bundesliga
he appeared in the starting eleven most of the time.
In 1999 he went to the second league club 1. FC Köln
where he also had a place in the first team. In the 2002/2003 season he scored 18 times - three times more than usual in his previous seasons and helped his club to gain promotion to the first league.
The following season he could not repeat his previous seasons performance, and 1. FC Köln was again relegated. In the 2003/2004 season, he netted 11 goals, second on the team to Lukas Podolski
, in a season that saw FC Köln once again gain promotion.
Although he has not played as often in the last few years, he did score 7 times in 13 games during the 2007/2008 2nd league season with FC Köln. After goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón he is the second oldest player in the squad.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player.
Career
The right winger Matthias Scherz played for the amateur club Rot-Weiß Scheeßel until 1994. Then, at the age of 22, he joined FC St. PauliFC St. Pauli
Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that also has Rugby Fußball-Club St. Pauli is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football section is part of a larger club that...
. His first two years in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
he was member of their amateur team. During the 1996/1997 season he reached his goal to play in a first squad in the 1. Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
. After the club relegated to 2. Bundesliga
2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
he appeared in the starting eleven most of the time.
In 1999 he went to the second league club 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
where he also had a place in the first team. In the 2002/2003 season he scored 18 times - three times more than usual in his previous seasons and helped his club to gain promotion to the first league.
The following season he could not repeat his previous seasons performance, and 1. FC Köln was again relegated. In the 2003/2004 season, he netted 11 goals, second on the team to Lukas Podolski
Lukas Podolski
Lukas Josef Podolski ; born Łukasz Podolski ) on 4 June 1985 in Gliwice, Poland) is a German footballer who plays as a striker/winger for 1. FC Köln and for the German national team. He joined 1. FC Köln in 1995 where he broke into the first team in 2003 and made 81 appearances for the club before...
, in a season that saw FC Köln once again gain promotion.
Although he has not played as often in the last few years, he did score 7 times in 13 games during the 2007/2008 2nd league season with FC Köln. After goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón he is the second oldest player in the squad.